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The last time I built a website, neither concept was known to me. Now I need to know them. Are the two things two separate ways of arriving at the same result: a responsive site? Is it either / or, or both? I'm working away, but I'd best ask before I waste a lot of time. Thank you.

Thanks very much, that's helpful.

I have to build a new site (it's been years) and my host offers WP so I loaded it and got an account, but have not built the site yet. The other day I tried to log in and got a message that WP Version 453.654 or something was available, and that It would be updated before I could proceed. I went away. Tonight I tried to log in and got: """Database Update Required. WordPress has been updated! Before we send you on your way, we have to update your database to the newest version. The database update process may take a little while, so please be patient.""" I went away again. Is that how WP works: mandatory updates or you can't play? Tell me it ain't so. Or tell me it is so, so that I can ditch it. Thank you.

Excellent. That's just what I wanted, on both subjects. Thanks very much for such good information, well put.

Eh? It is my understanding that a zillion hosting companies bundle or offer WP, free, and the user uses whichever domain name they own. No?

Thanks. OK...... so, how does a pre-CMS web site work by comparison? (Think of me as the guy who has been driving cars for years and doesn't know how an internal combustion engine works....... although I DO know that.)

Thanks. Yes, I know that very general stuff more or less, but I'm trying to understand the basic mechanical (if that's the word) structure of the thing, how how the components sit on the server, so to speak, thus the way I phrased the question, why maybe isn't the best way to phrase the question.

I'm not digital, and only learn what I have to, which included biilding a simple but decent site using a WYSIWYG builder (and basic html for corrections) some time ago. Now I have to build a new site, and I have run into the reality of CMS, and before I go any further I need to understand the principles. So far, I understand the critter as follows: a CMS consists of the web-building software (WP, etc.) and a 'databse' containing the content for the site, and probably on a directory such as MySQL, the two things (builder & databse) both installed on a server so that the site can be updated remotely, by hordes of people if necessary. I should add that if that is correct more or less, then I don't understand any advantage to the CMS thing except for the remote-control aspect, but that's OK, and it's not the most important point. Is my definition on target? Thanks for any wisdom. (NB: This is probably the first in a series of thousands of questions.)

Should underscores be used for spaces in meta tags? Do servers like underscores? I'm a newbie, building my first site, and the software I'm using advises that underscores should be used to denote spaces in meta tags. [in fact, it uses underscores in its own file management system.] I searched online, and there seems to have been some debate about this over time. What is the wisdom on this matter today? Thanks very much.

Thank you very much. This is very helpful. Of course, the best solution might be capital punishment for spammers. How so? How do messages get lost? Thanks again.

I'm new at this. [i thought html was "hold the mayonnaise & lettuce."] I'm building a website using DIY software. It's simple enough, but multi page. I need my email address on there, but I wish to avoid spam like the very plague. In my very limited knowledge, I see a couple of ways to accomplish this, and a couple of 'maybes.' 1) I can post an image, say a .jpg of my business card showing my email address, and bots would see it in page source and not find it of interest. 2) I have a little cut & paste javascript mailto: <script language="Javascript"><!-- var name = "[color="#0000FF"]MyName[/color]"; var domain = "[color="#0000FF"]MyDomain.com[/color]"; document.write('<a href=\"mailto:' + name + '@' + domain + '\">'); document.write(name + '@' + domain + '</a>'); // --></script> Although this appears to the eye as any piece of hypertext, the bots have a hard time with javascript, or don't bother at all. However, the 'mailto' opens the email client, which is problematic if the reader is jot at his/her home computer. 3) Then we go on to forms, tables, and more complex javascript, none of which I understand (yet.) Above, # 1 & 2 allow for human harvesting of the email address, which is not very problematic, but I would really rather avoid that as well, if I can reasonably do so. Please advise as to the best way to do this. Thanks very much.

Thank you for that thoughtful reply. I take the point as to why one would operate that way, why someone experienced would use a GUI to get big swatchs of work done and then tweak it, and I take the point about the html editor such as the one you use, which I think is what Eclipse does, or similar. However, it seems rather backwards for me to learn the hard stuff first. I need to build a page in the next few days, and I am interested in studying the art/science of it a bit more if things work out, time permits, etc.. BTW, the included version of NetObjects Fusion is #8.

I'm brand new at this, I'm just learning html. I need to build my own website for business purposes. It needs to be elegant, but simple enough. It will mostly supply lots of information in the form of text - maybe 3 typed pages equivalent - with email query capability. I hope to later expand my capabilities. I don't know how complete the visual editors are. The company which I have signed on with to host my site supplies NetObjects Fusion software. Has anyone here any experience with it? I'm looking for an opinion of it here. I have read that the new version is a bit dodgy, and that a prior version might be better. Does anyone here know about that? Is Eclipse the way to go for a code editor, for a beginner? Thanks very much.